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<caption class="r systemtitle">Outcomes of Applications for Disability Benefits <br></br> Table 61. <br></br> Medical decisions at the initial adjudicative level, by year of application and program, 2008�2017</caption>
 
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<th rowspan="2">Year</th>
<th colspan="3">All decisions</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for Social Security only</th>
<th colspan="3">Decisions on applications for both Social Security and SSI</th>
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<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a</sup> (percent)</th>
<th>Total</th>
<th>Allowances</th>
<th>Allowance rate <sup>a,b</sup> (percent)</th>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">All&nbsp;disabled&nbsp;beneficiaries</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      42,927</td>
<td class="r data">      10,450</td>
<td class="r data">    24.3</td>
<td class="r data">      16,956</td>
<td class="r data">       5,411</td>
<td class="r data">    31.9</td>
<td class="r data">      25,971</td>
<td class="r data">       5,039</td>
<td class="r data">    19.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      48,770</td>
<td class="r data">      11,625</td>
<td class="r data">    23.8</td>
<td class="r data">      19,832</td>
<td class="r data">       6,296</td>
<td class="r data">    31.7</td>
<td class="r data">      28,938</td>
<td class="r data">       5,329</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      49,090</td>
<td class="r data">      10,604</td>
<td class="r data">    21.6</td>
<td class="r data">      20,627</td>
<td class="r data">       5,923</td>
<td class="r data">    28.7</td>
<td class="r data">      28,463</td>
<td class="r data">       4,681</td>
<td class="r data">    16.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      45,898</td>
<td class="r data">       9,010</td>
<td class="r data">    19.6</td>
<td class="r data">      19,482</td>
<td class="r data">       5,197</td>
<td class="r data">    26.7</td>
<td class="r data">      26,416</td>
<td class="r data">       3,813</td>
<td class="r data">    14.4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      42,561</td>
<td class="r data">       8,056</td>
<td class="r data">    18.9</td>
<td class="r data">      18,518</td>
<td class="r data">       4,757</td>
<td class="r data">    25.7</td>
<td class="r data">      24,043</td>
<td class="r data">       3,299</td>
<td class="r data">    13.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      38,604</td>
<td class="r data">       7,116</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
<td class="r data">      17,445</td>
<td class="r data">       4,202</td>
<td class="r data">    24.1</td>
<td class="r data">      21,159</td>
<td class="r data">       2,914</td>
<td class="r data">    13.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      37,129</td>
<td class="r data">       6,686</td>
<td class="r data">    18.0</td>
<td class="r data">      18,054</td>
<td class="r data">       4,125</td>
<td class="r data">    22.8</td>
<td class="r data">      19,075</td>
<td class="r data">       2,561</td>
<td class="r data">    13.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      34,784</td>
<td class="r data">       6,289</td>
<td class="r data">    18.1</td>
<td class="r data">      17,330</td>
<td class="r data">       3,964</td>
<td class="r data">    22.9</td>
<td class="r data">      17,454</td>
<td class="r data">       2,325</td>
<td class="r data">    13.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      32,569</td>
<td class="r data">       5,928</td>
<td class="r data">    18.2</td>
<td class="r data">      16,368</td>
<td class="r data">       3,689</td>
<td class="r data">    22.5</td>
<td class="r data">      16,201</td>
<td class="r data">       2,239</td>
<td class="r data">    13.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      27,785</td>
<td class="r data">       5,339</td>
<td class="r data">    19.2</td>
<td class="r data">      13,856</td>
<td class="r data">       3,308</td>
<td class="r data">    23.9</td>
<td class="r data">      13,929</td>
<td class="r data">       2,031</td>
<td class="r data">    14.6</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Workers</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">      42,235</td>
<td class="r data">      10,010</td>
<td class="r data">    23.7</td>
<td class="r data">      16,370</td>
<td class="r data">       4,992</td>
<td class="r data">    30.5</td>
<td class="r data">      25,865</td>
<td class="r data">       5,018</td>
<td class="r data">    19.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">      48,026</td>
<td class="r data">      11,123</td>
<td class="r data">    23.2</td>
<td class="r data">      19,212</td>
<td class="r data">       5,816</td>
<td class="r data">    30.3</td>
<td class="r data">      28,814</td>
<td class="r data">       5,307</td>
<td class="r data">    18.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">      48,351</td>
<td class="r data">      10,082</td>
<td class="r data">    20.9</td>
<td class="r data">      20,002</td>
<td class="r data">       5,422</td>
<td class="r data">    27.1</td>
<td class="r data">      28,349</td>
<td class="r data">       4,660</td>
<td class="r data">    16.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">      45,209</td>
<td class="r data">       8,528</td>
<td class="r data">    18.9</td>
<td class="r data">      18,885</td>
<td class="r data">       4,730</td>
<td class="r data">    25.0</td>
<td class="r data">      26,324</td>
<td class="r data">       3,798</td>
<td class="r data">    14.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">      41,777</td>
<td class="r data">       7,464</td>
<td class="r data">    17.9</td>
<td class="r data">      17,833</td>
<td class="r data">       4,185</td>
<td class="r data">    23.5</td>
<td class="r data">      23,944</td>
<td class="r data">       3,279</td>
<td class="r data">    13.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">      37,880</td>
<td class="r data">       6,561</td>
<td class="r data">    17.3</td>
<td class="r data">      16,816</td>
<td class="r data">       3,665</td>
<td class="r data">    21.8</td>
<td class="r data">      21,064</td>
<td class="r data">       2,896</td>
<td class="r data">    13.7</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">      36,389</td>
<td class="r data">       6,135</td>
<td class="r data">    16.9</td>
<td class="r data">      17,403</td>
<td class="r data">       3,590</td>
<td class="r data">    20.6</td>
<td class="r data">      18,986</td>
<td class="r data">       2,545</td>
<td class="r data">    13.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">      33,914</td>
<td class="r data">       5,583</td>
<td class="r data">    16.5</td>
<td class="r data">      16,533</td>
<td class="r data">       3,278</td>
<td class="r data">    19.8</td>
<td class="r data">      17,381</td>
<td class="r data">       2,305</td>
<td class="r data">    13.3</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">      31,866</td>
<td class="r data">       5,361</td>
<td class="r data">    16.8</td>
<td class="r data">      15,736</td>
<td class="r data">       3,139</td>
<td class="r data">    19.9</td>
<td class="r data">      16,130</td>
<td class="r data">       2,222</td>
<td class="r data">    13.8</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">      27,099</td>
<td class="r data">       4,824</td>
<td class="r data">    17.8</td>
<td class="r data">      13,243</td>
<td class="r data">       2,804</td>
<td class="r data">    21.2</td>
<td class="r data">      13,856</td>
<td class="r data">       2,020</td>
<td class="r data">    14.6</td>
</tr>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Widow(er)s</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">           9</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">    66.7</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           5</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">           6</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">    66.7</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           4</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    73.3</td>
<td class="r data">          12</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    91.7</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">   100.0</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">           3</td>
<td class="r data">   100.0</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">           0</td>
<td class="r data">     0.0</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
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<td>&nbsp;</td><td class="c notecontent" colspan="9">Adult&nbsp;children</td>
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<td class="l data">2008</td>
<td class="r data">         687</td>
<td class="r data">         438</td>
<td class="r data">    63.8</td>
<td class="r data">         582</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
<td class="r data">         105</td>
<td class="r data">         (X)</td>
<td class="r data">     (X)</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2009</td>
<td class="r data">         738</td>
<td class="r data">         501</td>
<td class="r data">    67.9</td>
<td class="r data">         619</td>
<td class="r data">         480</td>
<td class="r data">    77.5</td>
<td class="r data">         119</td>
<td class="r data">          21</td>
<td class="r data">    17.6</td>
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<td class="l data">2010</td>
<td class="r data">         730</td>
<td class="r data">         516</td>
<td class="r data">    70.7</td>
<td class="r data">         621</td>
<td class="r data">         497</td>
<td class="r data">    80.0</td>
<td class="r data">         109</td>
<td class="r data">          19</td>
<td class="r data">    17.4</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2011</td>
<td class="r data">         684</td>
<td class="r data">         481</td>
<td class="r data">    70.3</td>
<td class="r data">         596</td>
<td class="r data">         466</td>
<td class="r data">    78.2</td>
<td class="r data">          88</td>
<td class="r data">          15</td>
<td class="r data">    17.0</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2012</td>
<td class="r data">         778</td>
<td class="r data">         588</td>
<td class="r data">    75.6</td>
<td class="r data">         681</td>
<td class="r data">         568</td>
<td class="r data">    83.4</td>
<td class="r data">          97</td>
<td class="r data">          20</td>
<td class="r data">    20.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2013</td>
<td class="r data">         720</td>
<td class="r data">         552</td>
<td class="r data">    76.7</td>
<td class="r data">         625</td>
<td class="r data">         534</td>
<td class="r data">    85.4</td>
<td class="r data">          95</td>
<td class="r data">          18</td>
<td class="r data">    18.9</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2014</td>
<td class="r data">         725</td>
<td class="r data">         540</td>
<td class="r data">    74.5</td>
<td class="r data">         639</td>
<td class="r data">         524</td>
<td class="r data">    82.0</td>
<td class="r data">          86</td>
<td class="r data">          16</td>
<td class="r data">    18.6</td>
</tr>
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<td class="l data">2015</td>
<td class="r data">         868</td>
<td class="r data">         705</td>
<td class="r data">    81.2</td>
<td class="r data">         795</td>
<td class="r data">         685</td>
<td class="r data">    86.2</td>
<td class="r data">          73</td>
<td class="r data">          20</td>
<td class="r data">    27.4</td>
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<td class="l data">2016</td>
<td class="r data">         700</td>
<td class="r data">         564</td>
<td class="r data">    80.6</td>
<td class="r data">         629</td>
<td class="r data">         547</td>
<td class="r data">    87.0</td>
<td class="r data">          71</td>
<td class="r data">          17</td>
<td class="r data">    23.9</td>
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<td class="l data">2017</td>
<td class="r data">         682</td>
<td class="r data">         513</td>
<td class="r data">    75.2</td>
<td class="r data">         610</td>
<td class="r data">         502</td>
<td class="r data">    82.3</td>
<td class="r data">          72</td>
<td class="r data">          11</td>
<td class="r data">    15.3</td>
</tr>
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<td colspan="10" class="footer">SOURCE: Social Security Administration, Disability Research file, 100 percent data. <br></br> NOTES: Data are current through June 2018. <br></br> Because a number of applications remain pending for more recent years, the allowance rate will change over time. <br></br> Applications with a medical decision may be pending a final nonmedical decision or be subsequently denied for nonmedical reasons. <br></br> Data from 1992 through 1998 are available for disabled workers only. <br></br> SSI = Supplemental Security Income. <br></br> a. Rate determined by dividing medical allowances by all medical decisions for that year. <br></br> b. Rate for the Social Security portion only. <br></br> CONTACT: (410) 965-0090 or statistics@ssa.gov.
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